Add image cloning optimization to Nimble iSCSI driver

Registered by Jay Wang

When create a volume from image in Cinder, the image-id will be passed in as a parameter. If the image snapshot exists on Nimble, the driver can simply return a cloned volume instead of copying the image to a new volume. The blueprint is to provide the optimization for creating volume from image process.

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Status:
Complete
Approver:
None
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Jay Wang
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Jay Wang
Definition:
Superseded
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
Mike Perez

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2015-07-17 <jwang-6>: Thanks Mike. Will join the generic effort on volume cache.

2015-07-17 <thingee>: Have not heard back, marking as obsolete. Please join in the generic effort to help with this.

2015-06-03 <thingee>: Can you consider working on this effort instead? https://review.openstack.org/#/c/182520/

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